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**The Flying Mouse** · 14 Oct 2004, 05:37

Hi all.
Just wanted to share this with you.
Went to a stag do tonight with my regular roadie.
The grinning groom had already gone home to bed (shame on you Biggles

) by the time we got there, but we decided to head into town anyway.
Had a quick pint in "The Post Office" on the way, then headed off to The Rubber Soul on Matthew Street where there was karaoke till late

.
I got up and sang Bat Out Of Hell, and while I was singing, this guy came up to the front and started doing camera angles through his fingers

.Looked a bit like Madonna doing "Vouge"

.
Anyway, I ignored him and got into character and in the moment and sang the song.The only way to do it.
Afterwards, the guy came up to me and asked me if he could have a word.
He told me that he was a scout for The X Factor II, which is due to start filming about three weeks after the current series, and that he thought my performace was fantastic.
He told me that he'd taken some video footage of me (he hoped I didn't mind) and sent it to his boss on the other end of the line, and aparently he was excited as he was, because I am apparently "Meat Loaf"

.
He said that they have about 10,000 people auditioning for the show, but they'd like to automatically put me through to the first round.He said that he's personally like to put me through to the top ten

.
I gave him my phone number, and he said he'd call me in about two weeks time.I guess i'll find out how genuine he is then

.

But the best was yet to come.

A girl came over to me and said "you were in the boundry on Saturday night a few weeks ago".
The answer to this was yes.
She confessed to me that the night she was there, she was prepared to go home and kill herself.
The thing that changed her mind was when Carol and I sang together.
She said that when she seen the way I looked at Carol when I was singing at her gave this woman hope that there was something better in life than what she had right then.It was the way we sang to each other that gave her the hope and determination to carry on.
I can't tell you what that feels like.Without knowing it, we really made a difference in somebody's life that night.
To me, that is what an entertainer sells.Escapism.
No matter who you are, or what problems you have, an entertainer can, just for a little while, make you forget your problems and take you to a better place.
When somebody comes to you and says thank you for making the difference, that's the biggest pay off you could possibly have

.

14 Oct 2004, 05:37	#1
The Flying Mouse Armed ba$tard and Jo's other half. Join Date: 06.08.2002 Location: In the middle of nowhere near the end of the line. Posts: 16,104	An UNBELIEVABLE night. Hi all. Just wanted to share this with you. Went to a stag do tonight with my regular roadie. The grinning groom had already gone home to bed (shame on you Biggles ) by the time we got there, but we decided to head into town anyway. Had a quick pint in "The Post Office" on the way, then headed off to The Rubber Soul on Matthew Street where there was karaoke till late . I got up and sang Bat Out Of Hell, and while I was singing, this guy came up to the front and started doing camera angles through his fingers .Looked a bit like Madonna doing "Vouge" . Anyway, I ignored him and got into character and in the moment and sang the song.The only way to do it. Afterwards, the guy came up to me and asked me if he could have a word. He told me that he was a scout for The X Factor II, which is due to start filming about three weeks after the current series, and that he thought my performace was fantastic. He told me that he'd taken some video footage of me (he hoped I didn't mind) and sent it to his boss on the other end of the line, and aparently he was excited as he was, because I am apparently "Meat Loaf" . He said that they have about 10,000 people auditioning for the show, but they'd like to automatically put me through to the first round.He said that he's personally like to put me through to the top ten . I gave him my phone number, and he said he'd call me in about two weeks time.I guess i'll find out how genuine he is then . But the best was yet to come. A girl came over to me and said "you were in the boundry on Saturday night a few weeks ago". The answer to this was yes. She confessed to me that the night she was there, she was prepared to go home and kill herself. The thing that changed her mind was when Carol and I sang together. She said that when she seen the way I looked at Carol when I was singing at her gave this woman hope that there was something better in life than what she had right then.It was the way we sang to each other that gave her the hope and determination to carry on. I can't tell you what that feels like.Without knowing it, we really made a difference in somebody's life that night. To me, that is what an entertainer sells.Escapism. No matter who you are, or what problems you have, an entertainer can, just for a little while, make you forget your problems and take you to a better place. When somebody comes to you and says thank you for making the difference, that's the biggest pay off you could possibly have .